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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
B1998.014.1.2382
"Rag doll" [doll partially buried in mud or concrete]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.1.006
1-2; Lee [exterior; child standing on sidewalk holding rag doll; domicile in background; 1939? overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.1.006
1-2; Lee [exterior; child standing on sidewalk holding rag doll; domicile in background; 1939? overexposed]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2022.005.33
[Indigenous Alaskan woman in apron standing outside and holding tin of stove polish with polishing rag. Stove polish Enameline was popular in the late 1800s. Midwinter.]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Alaskan, Woman, Apron, Outside, Winter, Snow, Polish, Stove polish, Enameline, Rag
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2015.008.312
Tractor ploughing 37 acres in 3 days. Note pattern, beginning with two dead furrows in centre and continuing around then in rag rug shape [view across plowed field, cow in foreground]
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.713
F28 Anchorage, Alaska "Ed Holm" [man standing in doorway in knee waders holding up large salmon, possibly a king; second salmon is on porch floor, decking, rag mop leaning against wall]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley